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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities."
description: "Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 1960"
citation: "Washington HB 1960 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-11"
last_action: "2026-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30e745e-82c8-422a-ae62-c28e8a44d698"
source_url: "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?BillNumber=1960&Year=2025&Initiative=false"
source_hash: "0328035bbb349ce2f374f93694ef618a412120f97822e7aad00bb8f90caf579b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington HB 1960 (2025-2026) — Encouraging renewable energy in Washington through tax policy and investment in local communities.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1960.htm)
2. **Engrossed Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1960-S3.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1960-S2.htm)
4. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1960-S.htm)
5. **Third Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1960-S3.htm)
6. **Third Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1960-S3.PL.htm)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#29) — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the Senate (#5) — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **74–15** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ramel — primary (person)
- Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Doglio — cosponsor (person)
- Fitzgibbon — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Parshley — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Scott — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-11** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2025-02-12** First reading, referred to Finance. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-25** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 8:00 AM.
- **2025-02-25** FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-25** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 9:00 AM.
- **2025-02-28** APP - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2025-04-27** Referred to Rules 2 Consideration. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- **2026-01-12** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration.
- **2026-01-12** Referred to Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Public hearing in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Finance at 1:30 PM.
- **2026-01-29** FIN - Majority; 3rd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-01-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-03** Referred to Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Public hearing in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Appropriations at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-02-09** APP - Majority; do pass 3rd substitute bill proposed by Finance. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-02-09** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2026-02-23** 3rd substitute bill substituted (FIN 26). `substitution`
- **2026-02-23** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2026-02-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 74; nays, 15; absent, 0; excused, 9. `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** First reading, referred to Ways & Means. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-27** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 2:30 PM.
- **2026-03-02** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 10:30 AM.
- **2026-03-02** WM - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2026-03-02** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2026-03-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2026-03-05** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-05** Third reading, passed; yeas, 42; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendments.
- **2026-03-11** Passed final passage; yeas, 86; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-11** President signed. `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-01** Chapter 260, 2026 Laws. `became-law`
- **2026-04-01** Effective date 1/1/2028. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e30e745e-82c8-422a-ae62-c28e8a44d698`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).